Disinfecting and sponging apparatus.



PATENT ()FFIOE.

SAMUEL BARUCH AND MORRIS J. BARUCH. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISINFECTING AND SPONGING APPARATUS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Saucer. BARUCU and Mounts J. Bami'cn, both citizensof the lh'iited States, and residents of the city of New York, boroughof the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved Disinfccting and Sponging Apparatus, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus'for treatingclothing or other articles with disinfecting vapor or gas.

In our improved apparatus, \ve embody in a single casing or container,the supports for the articles to be disinfected or cleaned and theapparatus for generating the disinfecting gas or vapor. The parts are soconstructed that after the articles are placed in the casing, thedisinfecting apparatus may be started in operation and the clothing orother articles completely disinfected, and then all of the remaining gasand odor driven out of the casing by fresh air before the casing isopened. Thus, when the articles are taken out, none of the disinfectinggas will escape into the room.

Our improved apparatus is especially dcsigned for use by tailors insmall tailor shops, and is so constructed that the disinfecting gasafter performing its work, is driven through a suitable conduit leadingto the outside of the building, so that it will not make its presenceknown in the shop.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specificatio'n, in which thesingle figure shows a front View of anapparatus constructed in accordance with our invention, portions thereofbeing broken away.

In the specific form illustrated, there is employed a portable casing orcabinet 10, divided into an upper compartment '11 and a lowercompartment 12, by means of a suitable partition 13. WVithin the uppercompartuient are arranget l' a plurality of supports upon which thearticles to be treated are suspended. For disinfecting or spongingclothes, the supports may be in the form ofonc or moretransversely-extending rods t4, adapted to support garment hang crs. Theupper and lower compartments are separate and distinct itrom each other,

.and each compartment may be lined with asbestos, sheet metal, or othersuitable noncombustible material, and the walls, par- Spccification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed. September Patented Aug. 13,1912.

1, 1910. Serial No. 580,037.

ticularly of the lower compartment, are formed of suitable thicknessesof non-conducting material. The lining of the upper compartment; is suchthat the :omparh ment may be closed substantially air-tight,

escape into the room. The lower comparh ment isp i'ovidcd with asuitableclosure if), by means of which access may be gained to theinterior thereof, and the upper part has a large door '16, adapted to beclosed airtight. As shown, this door is hinged at one side and along theother three sides of the door. casing are pivot bolts, whichn'iay beswung into position and tightened to retain the door when the latter isclosed.

Within the lower compartmcnt'is a suitable generator for thedisinfecting material. 'lhis nmterial is preferably a mixture of acetoneand water, although any other suitable disinfectant may bettnll'dfiyelil, if desired. As shown, the generator consists of a smallmetal retort 18, having a screw cap closure 11), upon the removal ofwhich the mixture may be poured into the retort. Beneath the retort is asuitalne burner connected to a gas pipe 20, whereby the retort may beheated, and disposed above the retort is a coil of pipe 21, the inlet.end of which is connected to the retort and the outlet end of whichterminates in a nozzle 22, disposed in the lower portion of the uppercompartment. Adjacent the nozzle is" a valve 523, 'by means of which thesupply of building. This conduit has 27, which may be closed, if ventthe return of the gases.

a suitable valve desired, to pre- From' this receiver a conduit 30 leadsto the interior of the upper compartment,

and within the conduit is a suitable valve 31.

so that none of the disinfecting gases can tort may be conducted to theexterior of the Mounted upon the top of the cabinet, is a suitableelectric fan 28, serving to deliver a blast of air to a funnel-shapedreceiver 29.

p gas or vapor to the upper con'lpartmcnt may An outlet conduit 32 leadsfrom the lower portion of the' upper compartment and unites with the-onduit 26. A suitable valve 33 controls this conduit In the use of ouriin proved apparatus for disinfecting. the clothing or other articlesare placed in the upper rompart-ment, the

door '16 closed, and sealed air-tight, and the valves 23, 31 and areclosed. The disinfecting material is placed 111 the retort 18, the valve27 is opened. and the gas is current of fresh air is conducted to theintorior of the upper compartment to force the gases from the latter outthrough the conduit 32. The fan is kept in action for a suflicientlength of time to effect a thorough and complete change of air in theupper compartment, and to conduct away all odors or noxious gases. Thedoor 16 may then be opened and the thoroughly disinfected ar-- ticlesmay be removed without any of the disinfecting gases escaping into theroom.

It will be noted that the air draft is delivered by the fan through thetop of the chamber 11 and that the outlet pipe 32 communicates with thechamber, 11, near the bottom; This is because the disinfecting vapor isheavy, and, after being heated and forced into the chamber 11 underpressure, tends to settle to the lower part of the chamber 11 as itcools off. By forcing the air blast in from above and connecting thepipe to chamber 11 near the bottom, the vapors are more easily andthoroughly forced out of the chamber 11.

From the above description it will be seen that the compartment 11constitutes a disinfecting compartment in which the articles aretreated, and the compartment 12 constitutes a genera ting compartment inwhich the vapors by means of which the articles in the disinfectingcompartment are treated, are produced.

The apparatus is very simple in construction and does not require askilled operator to manipulate it. It may be installed in any smalltailor shop without involving any special reconstructing or building inthe latter, and it. will serve not only to disinfect the articles, but.will tend to ventilate the shop.

Instead of placing a disinfecting material in the retainer 18, water maybe placed therein and dry steam delivered to clothing suspended in theupper compartment, to shrink or sponge the latter.

Various changes may be made in the construction and operation of ourimproved apparatus, without departing from the spirit of the invention.I

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

A disinfecting apparatus comprising a nected with the outlet leadingfrom the gen crating compartment, an inlet pipe commu nicating with thetop of the disinfecting compartment, said inlet pipe having an en largedouter end, a fan located in said enlarged outer end for forcing a streamof air into said pipe and said disinfecting compartment, and means forpermittin access to each ofsaid compartments whereby after the processof disinfecting 1s finished, the disinfecting vapors sinking to thebottom of the disinfecting compartment can be blown out by the airsupplied by said fan and the contents of the disinfecting compartmentremoved by the means permitting access thereto.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL BARUCH. MOT IS J. BARUCH. Witnesses:

,IiAn: W. FAIRBANK, PmLir D. Romamus.

